Today in Labor History October 9, 1967: Ernesto “Che” Guevara was captured and summarily executed in Bolivia, at the age of 39. His capture was orchestrated by Cuban exile, Felix Rodriguez, a CIA operative and Bay of Pigs veteran. It has been alleged the Nazi war criminal, Klaus Barbie, who was living in Bolivia at the time, also helped orchestrate Guevara’s capture. Felix Rodriguez also participated in the Phoenix Program, in the war against Vietnam; met regularly with Vice President George H.W. Bush, during the illegal arming of the Nicaraguan Contras; and participated in the assassination of DEA Agent Kiki Camarena.
"They went after dark-skinned people, anyone with #indigenous features - women in traditional polleras, the indigenous women's skirts of Quechuas & Aymaras, there were brutal beatings & killings, rapes. They targeted all the representative groups of the #MAS coalition.."
Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end deforestation when they meet on Tuesday for their first summit in 14 years....
Here goes once again: This time I asked #ChatGPT to generate the hashtags for all Global South countries. Sorry for any mistake and I hope I'm not being too spamy:
I'm selling 2 tickets for #CCCamp23 (#Germany, August 15th to August 19th, 2023)
With demand for electric batteries sky high, mining companies are making their move on the salt flats of the Andes, where over half of the world's known reserves of lithium are stored. But local people are concerned about damage to their scarce water supplies and that they will not benefit from the white gold rush in their own backyard.
“In three months, the water has decreased by 11.8 inches, and considering that radiation is much stronger during this time of the year … we expect it to keep decreasing,” said Carlos Carrasco, a hydraulic engineer for the hydrography service
The drought is the result of a combination of factors, including natural phenomena like La Niña and El Niño, which arrived unusually early this year and have been particularly strong in part because of climate change
Bolivia has signed lithium agreements with Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom and China's Citic Guoan Group, the South American country's government said on Thursday, as it looks to develop its huge but largely untapped resources of the battery metal.
One after the other prominent lefty figures and/or leaders in Latin America are coming out in suport for Putin after his own lackeys turned on him, and it's a fucking disgrace.
Russia of today is not the Russia these people remember or wish for. In fact it probably never was, yet still...
I came to Sweden in -77, fleeing the CIA-orchestrated coup d'etat in Chile. I am a socialist, an anarchist, an extremist if you will. And I'm appalled.
The position these supposed leaders of Latin American socialism—former and present—are manifesting is frankly both quite sickening and simultaneously just another proof that when it rains in Moscow, many from the "Marxist-Leninist" and/or tankie flank of socialism open up their umbrellas all over the world.
It's sickening.
Fuck this incoherent praise, void of all historical knowledge, kept alive merely by the fantasies of boomer tankies and their romanticizing of something that never really was.
Screenshot from Twitter. "Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez @DiazCanelB Expreso la solidaridad del pueblo y gobierno de #Cuba al estimado presidente Putin y al hermano pueblo de la Federación de Rusia, ante intentos de provocar una rebelión armada en la nación. Tenemos total convicción de que prevalecerá la unidad y el orden constitucional. Translated from Spanish I express the solidarity of the people and government of #Cuba to the esteemed President Putin and the brother people of the Russian Federation, in the face of attempts to provoke an armed rebellion in the nation. We are fully convinced that unity and constitutional order will prevail."
⚠️ Confirmed: Network data show a major internet outage affecting #Bolivia's main providers, corroborating user reports of issues getting online; the operator has notified some customers of a damaged cable at the border 📉
¡Bienvenidos a la comunidad boliviana en Kbin🗽 y amantes de la cultura boliviana! Aquí podrás participar en discusiones sobre temas de interés nacional, así como cualquier otro tema que te apasione. Queremos que este grupo sea un espacio abierto y sin restricciones, donde todos puedan expresarse libremente....
We just got back from four weeks in South America! And here’s how the trip started: with a rainy stay in the driest place on Earth… These photos are from a sunset spent looking out over the Valle de la Luna, watching distant thundery downpours.
We took a tour from San Pedro de Atacama to Uyuni in #Bolivia, home of the world’s largest salt flats—and the first day of this was a strong contender for ‘best day of the holiday’.
Llamas, flamingos, a fox, implausibly coloured lakes, and thin 4000+-metre air.
Amazon nations summit faces fault lines on oil, deforestation (www.reuters.com)
Eight Amazon rainforest nations are expected to face divisions over proposals to block new oil drilling and end deforestation when they meet on Tuesday for their first summit in 14 years....
Bolivia taps China, Russia's Rosatom in bid to unlock huge lithium riches (www.reuters.com)
Bolivia has signed lithium agreements with Russian state nuclear firm Rosatom and China's Citic Guoan Group, the South American country's government said on Thursday, as it looks to develop its huge but largely untapped resources of the battery metal.
Lost Cities of the Amazon Discovered From the Air (www.smithsonianmag.com)
Mapping technology cut through the canopy to detect sprawling urban structures in Bolivia that suggest sophisticated cultures once existed
Mensaje de bienvenida 🇧🇴 Spanish
¡Bienvenidos a la comunidad boliviana en Kbin🗽 y amantes de la cultura boliviana! Aquí podrás participar en discusiones sobre temas de interés nacional, así como cualquier otro tema que te apasione. Queremos que este grupo sea un espacio abierto y sin restricciones, donde todos puedan expresarse libremente....